tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425448453883914865.post2724130145919104375..comments2023-05-28T01:35:54.771-07:00Comments on From The Stormy Sky: Another Death Knell of CivilizationStanley Guenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04259981759079375785noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425448453883914865.post-63620567239063320712011-05-12T12:36:57.578-07:002011-05-12T12:36:57.578-07:00An excellent and thoughtful post, Stan, with which...An excellent and thoughtful post, Stan, with which I couldn't agree more. (And many thanks also for the link to Annabeth's comments at “Insider Higher Ed”.) Like you and Annabeth, I suspect, it's not the creation of ‘Academic Commons’ that I deplore, but rather the idea that one must sacrifice open library collections in order to create them. This issue should not be framed in ‘either/or’ terms.<br /><br />By the way, you might be interested to know that Harvard's Widener Library sponsored meetings on a very similar issue in the early 1990s, to which various faculty were invited to consult and contribute (precisely the opportunity denied Annabeth and her colleagues at the University of Denver). The faculty later published their experiences and viewpoints in a special issue of the <i>Harvard Library Bulletin</i> titled “Widener Library: Voices from the Stacks” (Fall 1995, Vol. 6. No. 3). The articles are available online here:<br /><br />http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~fdo/publications/essays/<br /><br />They make interesting reading, with several scholars making the same points about serendipitous discoveries whilst browsing library shelves that you and Annabeth do. See especially the articles by Richard F. Thomas and Jan Ziolkowksi.Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18219249296634927686noreply@blogger.com